Group display

[simoncn]

(22-06-2022 11:24)paultaylor Wrote:  However, would be good if Group could be viewed directly under a Composer index or another index, like albums or items. As it is you have to seperately define a Works index to see works underneath another index, and because Work Index is not a special container like albums or items only very basic information is returned.

So my question would be is it possible/logical for group to be used to create a groups container (like albums) that could be returned for other containers, and it would return the artist role info like album. This would also then mean that a Works index would no longer be necessary.

Group is not the same as Work. A Group is any set of consecutive tracks that the user wants to appear as a single item when browsing, with a simple way to select and play all tracks. A Work can be a Group (Beethoven's 5th Symphony, etc.) or a single track (Beethoven's Egmont Overture. etc.) A Work can contain multiple Groups (Biber's Mystery Sonatas, an opera with multiple acts, etc.) Many Groups are Works and many Works are Groups but having an index for Groups would not remove the need for an index for Works.

The "n items" index returns a list of groups and ungrouped tracks. Artist role information is returned for everything in this list. I don't think a separate list of groups (the same as the items list but excluding ungrouped tracks) is needed.